SPREADS August crush trades to 97.28c/bu while oilshare trades to 47.87%. Sep oilshare trades to 47.27%. Sep/Dec corn spread is firmer with an inverse from 3 1/2c to 4 3/4c, while Dec/March carry narrows into 7c from 7 1/4c. August /Nov bean inverse finds lower values at 52c from 56 1/4c, while Sep/Nov trades from 11c down to 9c. Sep/Dec meal trades from $4.10 to $4.80 carry. Sep/Dec wheat trades from 8c to 8 3/4c carry. PALM OIL Holiday NEWS The stock market started the evening with 155 pt gains and is currently up 130 pts. The US dollar trades higher to 93.11 while crude trades in the red down to $65.78/barrel. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: 18-22 higher meal:&...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.